OUR COMMITTEE
The People Who Make Us Amazing!
The Committee is where the future direction for RBBC takes place. It is run by members on a voluntary basis and all RBBC members are invited to get involved. Typically we meet once every 2 months.
If you love to get your sleeves rolled up and really enjoy feeling part of something – then do consider joining us. Further details can be found in the Members area. The Committee year typically runs from October, with elections taking place during September.
Chair
Vice Chair / Rowing Coordinator
Health & Safety Coordinator
Rowing Co-ordinator
Bosun
Club Facilities
On River Events
Training Coach
Governance/Training
Memberships/Tasters
Marketing Comms/App Support
Treasurer
PR/Social Media
EQUALITY & DIVERSITY STATEMENT
The RBBC is committed to equality of opportunity regardless of disability, family responsibility, marital status, race, colour, ethnicity, nationality, religion or belief, gender, gender identity, transgender or sexual orientation.
The Club Aims to:
Create an environment in which people (including members, guests and visitors) treat each other with mutual respect.
Make its activities accessible to all, wherever this practically possible.
All Club members have a responsibility to challenge discriminatory behaviour and promote equality of opportunity.
To help us achieve this can club members please let the committee know if they have specific needs so we can make reasonable adjustments accordingly.
HARASSMENT AND BULLYING POLICY
The Club is committed to ensuring that its members and are able to conduct their activities in an environment that is free from harassment, intimidation or bullying.
Harassment can be described as actions, behaviour comments or physical contact that are unwelcome, inappropriate, unreciprocated and objectionable or causes offence to the recipient. It may be related to age, gender, racial group, disability, religion or belief, social status, sexuality or some other personal characteristic.
Bullying is one form of personal harassment. It is the misuse of power or position to persistently criticize or to humiliate and undermine an individual’s confidence.
The Club regards discrimination and harassment or bullying as described above as gross misconduct and any member of the Club who discriminates against, harasses or bullies any other person will be liable to suspension from club activities or membership.
COMPLAINTS
At Richmond Bridge Boat Club we are committed to providing a safe and enjoyable experience for all our members. When something goes wrong, we need you to tell us about it. This will help us to improve our standards.
If you have a complaint about anything to do with the club, or a club member whose conduct you do not consider to be appropriate, please contact us with the details.
Just complete the form below , which will then be forwarded to the appropriate committee member to handle your complaint.
We will send you an email acknowledging receipt of your complaint within 5 days of receiving it
We will then investigate your complaint. This will normally involve passing your complaint to the most appropriate committee member to respond to what your complaint is about
The appointed person will then contact you by email or phone to discuss and hopefully resolve your complaint. If required, a meeting will be arranged.
Within 14 days of the phone call, email or meeting, the appointed person will write to you via email to confirm what took place, including his/her suggestions for resolving the matter, and any solutions s/he has agreed with you
At this stage, if you are still not satisfied, you should contact us again for a review and we will arrange for the Head of Governance or Chairperson to review the decision and suggest any appropriate alternative action.
CODE OF CONDUCT
The Richmond Bridge Rowing Club expects members to adhere to the minimum standards of behaviour as set out in this Code of Conduct. This has been written in-line with best practice advice prescribed by British Rowing to allow members to be treated as individuals and be able to enjoy safe participation in rowing. Breaches of this Code will be dealt with in accordance with the RBBC’s Complaints and Disciplinary Policies. At all times, members are expected to maintain responsible and sportsmanlike standards of conduct and to act in the best interests of the club, both during rows and events at the club and when away at events or competitions.
For full details refer to the RBBC Code of Conduct Dec 2018 button below:
GDPR
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) is a regulation by which the European Parliament, the Council of the European Union and the European Commission intend to strengthen and unify data protection for all individuals within the European Union (EU).
PRIVACY
This privacy policy sets out how Richmond Bridge Boat Club uses and protects any information that you give when you use this website.
Richmond Bridge Boat Club is committed to ensuring that your privacy is protected. Should we ask you to provide certain information by which you can be identified when using this website, then you can be assured that it will only be used in accordance with this privacy statement.
Richmond Bridge Boat Club may change this policy from time to time by updating this page. You should check this page from time to time to ensure that you are happy with any changes. This policy is effective from 23 May 2018.
What we collect
We may collect the following information:
name
contact information including email address
IP address
Postal address
other information relevant to customer surveys and/or offers
What we do with the information we gather
We require this information to help you book for a taster row and to assist you with your membership should you decide to join the club.
Internal record keeping to book a taster row and details about membership
Members receive regular emails to keep you informed about weekly rowing schedules, events and club updates
Members will on occasion to be asked to provide survey feedback about the club.
These 3 points are all in line with the GDPR requirement of legitimate interest to enable the club to function by keeping its members informed.
Security
We are committed to ensuring that your information is secure. In order to prevent unauthorised access or disclosure, we use systems that have in place compliant physical, electronic and managerial procedures to safeguard and secure the information we collect online. Members details are stored in the RBBC App which is managed by Wix privacy policy and our email communications are also managed by Wix.
Six is also subject to certain obligations with regard to the security of your personal data processed via the booking app. However, your rights, as set out in this privacy statement in relation to your personal data processed through the Glofox Platform are owed to you by us, and you should contact us at chair@richmondbridgeboatclub.org if you have any queries in relation to the use of your personal data through Glofox.
Once a membership ceases, you will be deleted from our App and mailing list (which is cleaned quarterly.) However, if at any time you would like to stop receiving email communication from us, you may simply click the “Unsubscribe” link that is always at the footer of our emails and you will be automatically removed from our mailing list.
How we use cookies
A cookie is a small file which asks permission to be placed on your computer’s hard drive. Once you agree, the file is added and the cookie helps analyse web traffic or lets you know when you visit a particular site. Cookies allow web applications to respond to you as an individual. The web application can tailor its operations to your needs, likes and dislikes by gathering and remembering information about your preferences.
We use traffic log cookies to identify which pages are being used. This helps us analyse data about web page traffic and improve our website in order to tailor it to customer needs. We only use this information for statistical analysis purposes and then the data is removed from the system.
Overall, cookies help us provide you with a better website, by enabling us to monitor which pages you find useful and which you do not. A cookie in no way gives us access to your computer or any information about you, other than the data you choose to share with us.
You can choose to accept or decline cookies. Most web browsers automatically accept cookies, but you can usually modify your browser setting to decline cookies if you prefer. This may prevent you from taking full advantage of the website.
Links to other websites
Our website may contain links to other websites of interest. However, once you have used these links to leave our site, you should note that we do not have any control over that other website. Therefore, we cannot be responsible for the protection and privacy of any information which you provide whilst visiting such sites and such sites are not governed by this privacy statement. You should exercise caution and look at the privacy statement applicable to the website in question.
Controlling your personal information
You are able to unsubscribe to emails sent through our system by clicking the unsubscribe button that is placed in the footer of our weekly rowing schedule email and any email newsletters about club events.
You may request details of personal information which we hold about you under the General Data Protection Regulation 2018. A small fee will be payable. If you would like a copy of the information held on you please write to chair@richmondbridgeboatclub.org
If you believe that any information we are holding on you is incorrect or incomplete, please write to or email us as soon as possible, at the above address. We will promptly correct any information found to be incorrect.
CONSTITUTION
NAME
The Club shall be known as Richmond Bridge Boat Club herein after known as ‘the Club’.
OBJECTIVES
The objectives of the Club are:
to provide facilities for and encourage participation in traditional rowing and the full enjoyment of the river in its various forms
to encourage, foster and maintain relationships with all river users and organisations that use the river
to arrange events on the Thames to promote objectives 1 & 2
MEMBERSHIP
The Membership of the Club shall be open to individuals and organisations. Each member shall have one equal vote, with the exception of corporate membership.
CLASSES OF MEMBERSHIP
Life Membership
Adult membership
Adult Joint membership
Junior membership. Admitted when one or both parents are members.
Corporate and honouree membership. has access to or use of club boats/ members training Equipment, but no voting rights
ELECTION OF MEMBERSHIP
Membership of the Club shall be open to anyone interested in the sport of rowing on application in accordance with the Equal Opportunities Policy (Paragraph 4). However, limitation of membership according to available facilities is allowable on a non-discriminatory basis.
The Club may have different classes of membership and subscription on a non-discriminatory and fair basis. The Club will keep subscriptions at levels that will not pose a significant obstacle to people participating.
The Committee may also invite persons to become Honorary Members who will pay no Annual Subscription, will be advisors and as such have no voting rights unless they decide to become Individual Members
Applicants for membership and members renewing their membership will abide by the Rules and Regulations of the Club and the sport of rowing.
If it is considered by the Club committee that the granting or renewal of membership would be detrimental to the aims and objectives of the Club, by virtue of conduct or character likely to bring the Club or the sport of rowing into disrepute or for some other similar good cause, the Club committee shall be entitled to refuse or withdraw such membership. In doing so the committee shall provide full reasons for their decision and grant a right of Appeal to the members.’
Restriction: A person who has been expelled from, or refused membership of, British Rowing shall not be eligible for membership.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES POLICY
The club is fully committed to the principles of equality and of opportunity and is responsible for ensuring that no member, volunteer employee or job applicant receives less favourable treatment on the grounds of age, gender, disability, race, ethnic origin, nationality, colour, parental or marital status, pregnancy, religious belief, social status, sexual orientation or political belief.
SAFEGUARDING AND CHILD PROTECTION PROCEDURES
The Club accepts the policy and procedures relating to Safeguarding and Protecting Children and Adults at Risk as set out by British Rowing, and requires all members to accept them as a condition of membership.
SUBSCRIPTION
The rates of subscription shall be determined by the members in the Annual General Meeting and shall be due on election and, every 12 months thereafter.
CESSATION OF MEMBERSHIP
Any member may resign giving one month’s clear notice in writing to the Secretary.
Any member violating any of the rules or regulations of the Club or being adjudged guilty of unsatisfactory conduct may, by resolution of the Committee, be suspended or expelled. Any member so suspended or expelled may appeal to an independent Hearings Panel if such an appeal is approved by three of the elected officers of the Club. The panel may be drawn from the membership of the Club or from other clubs in the region. The panel will hear and receive evidence, reach a conclusion, affirm or reject the sanctions imposed as appropriate.
Any hearings panel must give a fair and independent hearing to the appellant within an appropriate timescale. Hearings must not contravene the Human Rights Act 1998 or any other policies of the Club and British Rowing.
[Note: See current Guidelines on Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures in Rowing published in the British Rowing Almanac and downloadable from the website www.britishrowing.org]
A member shall be deemed to have resigned from the Club if, after due notice in writing, they have failed to pay any subscription due to the club within three months of that fee being set.
GRIEVANCE AND DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES.
An individual or member with a complaint about treatment by the Club should set out their grievance, in the first instance to the Club Chairperson. The Club will seek to deal with complaints in a fair and timely manner, with reference to British Rowing’s Guidelines on Grievance and Disciplinary Procedures in Rowing.
SAFETY
The officers and committee have primary responsibility for safe practice within the club for observing guidance of water safety issued by British Rowing and through Rowsafe.
DISQUALIFICATION FROM HOLDING OFFICE
Only members entitled to vote are eligible to hold office.
Any member who is under the age of 18 years shall not be eligible for election to the Committee of the Club.
COMMITTEE
The Committee shall conduct the affairs of the Club as a whole and shall consist of a Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer, and other Officers as deemed necessary. The Committee shall have the power to co-opt further members but co-opted members shall have no right to vote at Committee meetings.
Nominations for the position of Chairperson, Secretary, Treasurer and other Officers shall be put forward in the form of a motion under the terms of Rule 14.d.
The Committee shall elect a Vice-Chairperson from among its number.
The term of office shall be for one year, and members shall be eligible for re-election.
DUTIES OF COMMITTEE OFFICERS
Chairperson: The Chairperson will preside at all General meetings of the Club and at all meetings of the Committee, and shall be responsible for guiding the activities of the club in accordance with its general policy as expressed by the majority of its members. The Chairperson shall represent or arrange for the representation of the Club at British Rowing regional level and at meetings of other organisations. The Chairperson shall ex officio be a member of any other committee of the Club.
Secretary: The Secretary will be responsible for the organisation of meetings of the Committee and of the Club, and the recording of minutes relating to such meetings and all correspondence relating to the general business of the Club.
Treasurer: The Treasurer will be responsible for the collection and disbursement of all monies belonging to the Club and will keep proper accounting records of all such transactions. He or she will present to the members at the AGM a balance sheet and income and expenditure account showing the Club’s financial position and the results of its transactions for the year. The transactions of the Club will be conducted through a bank account and will require the signatures of two committee members. These being the treasurer and the membership secretary.
CLUB COMMITTEE
The Committee is responsible for the general conduct of the Club’s business and activities.
The Committee shall meet at regular intervals during the year, as required by the business to be transacted.
Special meetings of the Committee shall be called by the Secretary on instructions from the Chairperson, or not less than three committee members.
A quorum shall consist of not less than 5 members at the Annual General Meeting or Extra ordinary Meeting.
In the case of casual vacancy among the Committee, the said Committee shall be entitled to appoint another eligible person to act until the next AGM.
The Committee and individual committee members should act according to high ethical standards, and ensure that conflicts of interest are properly dealt with.
GENERAL MEETINGS
An Annual General Meeting shall be held each year. There shall be laid before the meeting a statement of accounts made up to the 30th day of the month immediately preceding.
An Extraordinary General Meeting shall be called on the instructions of a simple majority of the Committee, or on a requisition signed by not less than half of the members of the Club entitled to vote.
Not less than 21 days clear notice shall be given, specifying to all members the time and business of the General Meeting.
Motions for discussion at Annual General Meetings not of origin from within the Committee shall be lodged with the Secretary at least 30 days preceding the AGM.
At any General Meeting, a resolution put to the vote of the Meeting shall be decided by a show of hands, of those entitled to vote, except when more than one nomination has been received for a position on the Committee, in which case voting will be by secret ballot.
At all General Meetings the Chairman will preside or, in his/her absence, a Chairman for the meeting will be elected by the voting members present.
At all General Meetings not less than 3 members of the Club entitled to vote shall constitute a quorum.
Absences of Quorum: If after half an hour from the time appointed for the meeting, a quorum is not present, the Meeting, if called at the request of the members, shall be dissolved and adjourned for one calendar month and 14 days’ notice will be given the meeting. If a quorum is not present within half an hour from the time appointed for an Adjourned Meeting, the members present shall be a quorum.
Accidental Omission: Accidental Omission to give notice of a meeting to, or the non-receipt of notice of, a meeting by any member shall not invalidate the proceedings of a meeting.
LIABILITY
The General Committee shall manage the affairs of the Club. Financial or legal liability incurred in the rightful exercise of their office shall not, however, be the personal liability of the Committee, but shall be the responsibility of the Club as a whole. The Committee will ensure that adequate and appropriate public or preferably civil liability insurance is in place to cover all the activities of the club, its committee and members.
VOTING
Only full members are entitled to vote at all meetings.
ALTERATION OF CONSTITUTION
This constitution shall not be altered, amended or rescinded except by an Extraordinary or annual General Meeting of the Club.
A resolution to give effect to a change must be passed by at least 75% of the members present at the General Meeting, and voting on this behalf.
AUDITOR
Every Annual General Meeting shall appoint an Auditor who shall at the conclusion of the next financial year examine the accounting records of the Club, and report to the members on the income and expenditure accounts and balance sheet that are presented to the next AGM.
DISTRIBUTION OF PROFITS
In no circumstances can any profit be distributed to members or third parties, but any profits earned shall be used in furthering the objects of the Club
TERMINATION
The Club shall not be dissolved terminate except by a resolution of at least half of the members at the Annual General Meeting or an Extra Ordinary Meeting called for that purpose, notice of which contained a copy of the proposed resolution. The dissolution shall take effect on the day the resolution is passed and the Committees shall be responsible for the winding up of the Club in general. In particular the Committees shall realise the assets of the Club; discharge to the extent of the assets of the Club then in or under the control of the Committees, its debts and other obligations and distribute the surplus, if any, at the date of dissolution. Upon dissolution of the club any remaining assets shall be given or transferred to another registered CASC, a registered charity or the sport’s governing body for use by them. Notwithstanding the dissolution of the Club the members shall until the winding up is completed remain responsible for the debts and other obligations of the Association, and shall contribute equally to any deficit, if the debts and other obligations of the Club exceed its assets
POWER OF DECISION
Any matter not provided for in this constitution, or any question over the interpretation of it shall be dealt with by the Committee whose decision shall be final.
DECLARATION
Each member upon joining shall sign the following declaration:
Name :___________________________________________________________________
Upon acceptance into membership of the Richmond bridge Rowing Club I understand that rowing is undertaken at my own risk. I confirm that I do not suffer from any disability or medical condition which may render me unfit for strenuous exercise.*
*Should a medical condition exist, this will not necessarily preclude you from membership/participation, but it must be declared. Should you be in any doubt, advice should be sought from your family doctor.
RBBC IN PARTNERSHIP WITH
SKERRIES FOR SCHOOLS
The club has a fully inclusive policy and is passionate about getting more people rowing. We are also involved with the Skerries for Schools project teaching school children to row.